Scaling Emergency Department Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Across California to Reduce Overdose Deaths, 2019-2023

Am J Public Health. 2024 Sep;114(9):874-878. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307710. Epub 2024 Jun 27.

Abstract

Since April 2019, CA Bridge has worked with emergency departments (EDs) in diverse geographic and emergency care settings across California to scale up low-threshold buprenorphine access, patient navigation programs, harm reduction services, and take-home naloxone. Between April 2019 and June 2023, 268 (81.0%) of 331 acute care hospitals in California received funding and technical assistance from CA Bridge and completed data reporting. These hospitals provided navigation services during 279 025 patient encounters and gave patients buprenorphine in 89 549 ED visits. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(9):874-878. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307710).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Buprenorphine* / therapeutic use
  • California
  • Drug Overdose* / mortality
  • Drug Overdose* / prevention & control
  • Emergency Service, Hospital* / statistics & numerical data
  • Harm Reduction
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Naloxone* / therapeutic use
  • Narcotic Antagonists* / therapeutic use
  • Opiate Overdose / mortality
  • Opiate Substitution Treatment / statistics & numerical data
  • Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy
  • Patient Navigation

Substances

  • Buprenorphine
  • Naloxone
  • Narcotic Antagonists